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Just picked up this drill press the other day from a VDOT (Virginia Department of Transportation) Maintenance Shop for $175.
There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of historical data on the interwebs for this machine, but I do know that Canedy-Otto was acquired by Cincinnati Lathe and Tool in 1949. What I find interesting is that the Tag has the Canedy-Otto name on top and then at the bottom it says "Product of Cincinnati Lathe and Tool". It makes me think that this press was manufactured right before, or during the transition from Canedy-Otto to Cincinnati.
There is a tag on the side of the head casting from Tidewater Supply Company in Norfolk, who I assume was the dealer that sold the machine. This press very well could have started out at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard before it ended up at VDOT...
It is missing the motor pulley stack, there is only a single small pulley on the motor. It is also missing the table height adjustment rack and crank. There is a heavy duty retracting spring mechanism attached to the casting head and the end of the flat steel spring is bolted to the table collar. I can raise and lower and swing the table with one hand...
I plan on cleaning it up, installing a new motor with a VFD and using it. It will get restored at some point.
There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of historical data on the interwebs for this machine, but I do know that Canedy-Otto was acquired by Cincinnati Lathe and Tool in 1949. What I find interesting is that the Tag has the Canedy-Otto name on top and then at the bottom it says "Product of Cincinnati Lathe and Tool". It makes me think that this press was manufactured right before, or during the transition from Canedy-Otto to Cincinnati.
There is a tag on the side of the head casting from Tidewater Supply Company in Norfolk, who I assume was the dealer that sold the machine. This press very well could have started out at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard before it ended up at VDOT...
It is missing the motor pulley stack, there is only a single small pulley on the motor. It is also missing the table height adjustment rack and crank. There is a heavy duty retracting spring mechanism attached to the casting head and the end of the flat steel spring is bolted to the table collar. I can raise and lower and swing the table with one hand...
I plan on cleaning it up, installing a new motor with a VFD and using it. It will get restored at some point.
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